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Sight, Light & Cadence: Rediscovering Arthur Erickson’s Hidden Masterpiece, The Dyde House

Sight, Light & Cadence: Rediscovering Arthur Erickson’s Hidden Masterpiece, The Dyde House

Nestled in the quiet aspen parkland outside Edmonton, Canada, the Dyde House stands as a nearly forgotten piece of Canadian architectural history. This hidden gem—designed by a young and relatively inexperienced Arthur Erickson in 1959—is an embodiment of experimentation, innovation, and the spirit of modernism. Thanks to the

Urgent Desires: Paulo Mendes da Rocha

paulo mendes da rocha

Urgent Desires: Paulo Mendes da Rocha

"Architecture is about fulfilling desires, sometimes urgent, and meeting the needs of others, of society." - PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA Lift your spirits this week with It's All a Plan - a beautiful film about the life of Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021), a renowned Brazilian

Rice House: Not for the Faint-Hearted

Rice House: Not for the Faint-Hearted

"They were small homes, small cheap houses for people - returned soldiers and their families or whoever that were looking for something perhaps a little more creative." - Doug Evans Rice House is a unique mid-century home designed by Australian architect Kevin Borland that might just take your

A Neglected Chapter: Mies in Krefeld

Mies van der Rohe

A Neglected Chapter: Mies in Krefeld

"How could this happen? Even then, Krefeld was provincial. How did this collaboration happen here with an architect of this calibre?" CHRISTIANE LANGE, ART HISTORIAN Imagine your neighbours laughing with pity because you had the poor taste to be living in a house designed by Mies van der

Mauricio Rocha: to be Unnoticed, You Need to be Brave

the Anahuacalli Museum

Mauricio Rocha: to be Unnoticed, You Need to be Brave

To tell the story of the Anahuacalli Museum and its recent expansion I need to take you back to the 1940s. The City of the Arts Muralist Diego Rivera and iconic painter Frida Kahlo had moved their volatile relationship to Mexico City. They'd packed their suitcases with utopian

Rem Koolhaas and the Art of Reinvention

Rem Koolhaas and the Art of Reinvention

Poverty and hunger were unwelcome companions in the post-war childhood of Pritzker Prize winner Rem Koolhaas, star of this weeks film. Born in Rotterdam, 1944, the aftermath of the second world war left a lasting impression on Koolhaas. "The situation after the war was chaotic, but the tropics were

The Le Corbusier Spirit

The Le Corbusier Spirit

The most influential architect of the 20th Century has to be Le Corbusier.

Interacting with Lautner, Mies & Neutra

Interacting with Lautner, Mies & Neutra

Imagine Richard Neutra, seat reclined all the way back, gazing up at the Californian sky with his wife Dione in the driver's seat, speeding through the busy streets of Los Angeles in a car called a Nash. Apparently, Neutra loved to do this. Isn't it a